Microsoft Amplifier • Hacker News Board

qsort wrote: post #9

zb3 wrote: post #7

README files in the "ai_context" directory provide the ultimate AI Slop reading experience..

Yeah, I'm not even that opposed to using AI for documentation if it helps, but everything from Microsoft recently has been full-on slop. It's almost like they're trying to make sure you can't miss it's AI generated.

"Eat your own dog slop" isn't bad practice, though.

Some people in the organization will experience the limitations and some will learn — although there are bound to be people elsewhere in the organization who have a vested interest in not learning anything and pushing the product regardless.

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Post by ridruejo » Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 5:03 PM UTC

shermantanktop wrote: post #11

ridruejo wrote: post #3

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No it doesn’t. It’s dead easy to get a decent level, and going further requires individual effort and skill—-just like any other field of endeavor. Gatekeepers who claim otherwise have something to sell.

How can it be gatekeeping when they are literally making it easier to use? The analogy is probably closer to a Linux distro. You can put everything together yourself but if someone gives you a pre integrated environment with best practices it makes it easier to get started

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Post by rectang » Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 5:04 PM UTC

nba456_ wrote: post #10

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From the Hacker News Guidelines:

"Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Post by hansmayer » Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 5:04 PM UTC

firemelt wrote: post #8

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Well, stop asking silly questions. How will the execs get their bonuses, if it turns out we fucked up the web search and invested an equivalent of a moonbase in ... well, I hate to use the phrase, but statistical parrot ?

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Post by npalli » Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 5:04 PM UTC

Contributors

claude Claude

Interesting given Microsoft’s history with OpenAI

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Post by neuroelectron » Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 5:05 PM UTC

aka Winamp

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Post by bgwalter » Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 5:05 PM UTC

Can we get Windows 7 back instead? Nadella rode the cloud wave in an easy upmarket, his "AI" obsession will fail. No one wants this.

The Austrian army already switched to LibreOffice for security reasons, we don't need another spyware and code stealing tool.